Dover Christ Church Academy

About Dover Christ Church Academy

Dover Christ Church Academy is a secondary school in Dover, Kent, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 722 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 30.4, well below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 2.7 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

8% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 28% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 85% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (137 first choices for 131 places). Overall pupil absence was 11.8%. There are about 12.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 51% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Dover Christ Church Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.